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Bellasis Bridge is a stone bridge of medieval or early modern date located in Northumberland. The structure spans a watercourse and represents the kind of utilitarian crossing infrastructure that facilitated communication and commerce across the region's challenging terrain. The bridge's construction materials and surviving architectural details reflect building practices consistent with its presumed period, though scholarly study of its precise dating and original function remains limited in the published record. As a listed monument, it preserves evidence of the area's infrastructural development during the medieval and early modern periods.
Bellasis Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006607. View the official record →
Bellasis Bridge is a stone bridge of medieval or early modern date located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006607.
Bellasis Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006607.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gardner's Houses settlement (3.9 km), Deserted village at Silvington (4.6 km), Ogle moated site, medieval village and open field system (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bellasis Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bellasis Bridge stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.